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Definition of Second Crusade

1. Noun. A Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Second Crusade

Literary usage of Second Crusade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... undertook the second crusade to support the falling fortunes of the Latins.9 A grand division of the third crusade was led by the emperor Frederic ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1900)
"CHAPTER LXVII Schism of the Greeks and Latins—Reign and Character of Amurath the Second—Crusade of Ladislaus, King of Hungary—His Defeat and Death—John ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1871)
"Reiske; and the Index Geographicus of Schul:ena from Ibn Said.) ' For the second crusade, of Conrad III. and Louis VII, seo William of Tyre, (1. xvi. c. ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1852)
"Reiske; and the Index Geographicus of Schultens from Ibn Said.) • For the second crusade, of Conrad III. and Louis VII., see William of Tyre, (1. xvi. c. ..."

5. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"Godefroy de Bouillon.—The Kingdom of Jerusalem.—Second Crusade.—St. Bernard.—Third Crusade : Philip Augustus and Richard ..."

6. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"History of France under Louis VII. till the Divorce of Queen Eleanor, with some Account of the second Crusade. < LOUIS VII. (frequently called the Young), ..."

7. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"History of France under Louis VII. till the Divorce of Queen Eleanor, with some Account of the second Crusade. LOUIS VII. (frequently called the Young), ..."

8. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"History of France under Louis VII. till the Divorce of Queen Eleanor, with some account of the second Crusade. Louis VII. (frequently called the Young), ..."

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